2.7% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Humevale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Humevale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on private cars is the norm in Humevale, where nearly 30% of homes own four or more vehicles. While there are more transport stops here than in most similar areas, the lack of public transport use and long walking distances make the car essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 42.3% of homes having two vehicles and 28.8% owning four or more. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Humevale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport. Instead, 54.5% of workers drive and 24.3% work from home, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 21.0%.
24.3% ▲ +169.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has a high number of bus stops and departures compared to the state, yet zero people can reach others within 45 minutes using transit. All available public transport is provided by buses.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
28.41
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,278.4
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 63 minutes to drive to the city. Reaching the nearest stop is a challenge for many, as the 38-minute walk is higher than in most areas.
38
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
63
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Humevale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21215/humevale/topic/transport